Patrick Dempsey says he avoided divorce by 'having lots of sex'

Patrick Dempsey has been living up to his McDreamy status after admitting he and his wife avoided a divorce after a brief split by 'having lots of sex'. Boy oh boy.

The Grey's Anatomy actor has been doing the press rounds to celebrate new movie Bridget Jones's Baby, and as well as being a total dream during a Facebook Live with Cosmopolitan UK, he's opened up about his relationship with wife Jillian Fink.

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Patrick and his family at the Bridget Jones's baby world premiere

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The pair briefly split after 15 years in January 2015, but decided to give it another shot after trying a number of things to make their marriage work.

Speaking to People, Patrick explained: "You've got to keep at it. You've got to communicate, and stay open and not get lazy. And not give up. And lots of sex! And we both wanted to do that work. That's where it started.

"It's always destabilizing when you're potentially breaking up a family or you have a big section of your life that's ending."

He went on to say that marriage counselling was "very important" and that family was his "number one priority", before adding: "I [learned] to prioritize. Our union has to be the priority. I wasn't prepared to give up on her and she wasn't either. We both wanted to fight for it.

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"Jill and I decided it was time to work on our issues and improve. We wanted to be role models for our kids like, okay, if you have differences, you can work them out."

Patrick and makeup artist Jill have three children together: 14-year-old daughter Talula, and twin sons Darby and Sullivan, aged eight - and although their rekindled marriage might mean no McDreamy for us, it is v cute.

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